Prem Kumar Dhumal is BJP’s Himachal CM face

SHIMLA/NEW DELHI: Veteran BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal was on Tuesday named the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls to be held on November 9.

The decision to name the 73-year-old Dhumal, a two-time chief minister and an influential Thakur leader who commands the support of many legislators, was announced by BJP chief Amit Shah at a rally in Sirmaur.